IDOMENEUS, 
OR 
GREAT OCCIDENTAL BUTTER¬ 
FLY. 
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Generic Character. 
Antenna or Horns thickening towards the upper 
part, aud generally terminating in a knob, 
or club-fhaped tip. 
Wings (when fitting) eredt, and meeting upwards. 
(Flight diurnal.) 
Specific Character, &c. 
BUTTERFLY with du Iky-blue wings: with a 
fern i-t ran fvcrfe whitifli bar on the upper 
pair: the lower furface clouded with diffe¬ 
rent fliades, and marked by a very large 
ocellated fpot on each of the lower wings. 
Petiv. gaz. 43. t. 28. f. 1. 
Cram. pap. 5. t. 52. f. B. t. 390. f. A. B. 
Mer. Sur. t. 60. 
PI. enl. t. 96. f. 1. 2. 
This infedt is one of the larged of the papiliona¬ 
ceous tribe. The upper half of the fuperior wings 
is 
